Readings 2022
- Maxime Boulat
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Say Nothing: a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe | Through the lens of the murder of a mother of 10 children by masked gunmen, the story of the IRA, it’s origins, the armed struggle and the period known as The Troubles, the hunger strikes, the peace process and the role of Sinn Fein is retold in a unflinching and investigative voice. Special emphasis on Brendan Hughes, Dolors Price, Gerry Adams, on the aftermath of the abduction of Jean McConville on her family and on the role of memory on society at large. Fascinating legal quid pro quo took place in the form of the Boston tapes: for the sake of documenting what had really happened the confessions from various IRA members was recorded in exchange for the guarantee that the existence of the tapes would not be revealed until the last one died. However because of a series of unfortunate events, the government subpoenaed Boston University for the tapes, exposing the identity of all involved! |
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The three-body problem, Cixin Liu | Started off strong with threats of cosmic reckoning, petered off into a story about aliens. |
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Mémoires du général de Caulaincourt (focus on the Russia Campaign) | First hand account of the life of the Emperor up to and including the Russian campaign written by one of Napoleon’s trusted advisor. Paints in colorful brush strokes the contradiction between the Emperor’s genius and his stubbornness and delusion. |
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Napoléon, Jacques Bainville | Written as a dissertation rather than a biography. Focuses on the role of the continental blockade in the disintegration of the Napoleonic vision. |
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L’art militaire de Napoleon, Jacques Garnier | Analyse chronologique des prouesses militaires de Napoleon, un peu décousu au depart mais se rattrape avec mention honorable sur la fin avec des récits captivants des dernières batailles, opposant le genie indomptable du grand homme aux consequences désastreuses de sa démesure. |
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Par le sang versé, Paul Bonnecarrére | Good war time stories about the tragic yet comical tribulations of legionaries during the Indochina war. Written with flourish and knowledge, honoring the memory of the heroes and delivering a subtle criticism of the top brass through the depiction of the rapidly deteriorating circumstance under which the doomed campaign unravels in the face of relentless opposition, in spite of acts of heroic courage and sacrifice,, without ever dehumanizing the enemy. |
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La guerre au Moyen-Age, Philippe Contamine | Boring |
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The startup checklist, David S. Rose |
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Grid systems / Raster systeme, Josef Muller-Brockmann |
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A bord des galères, Jean-Yves Delitte, Jean-Benoit Héron |
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Rented books | ||
Super Maker, Crafting Business on Your Own Terms, Jaime Schmidt |
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The Social Organism, Oliver Luckett & Michael J Casey |
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